RESCUERS took four hours to rescue three people who had become stuck on dangerously slippery rocks.

Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue volunteers were called out on Saturday night and used ropes to help the trio traverse slippery rocks which they’d encountered.

OVMR spokesman Chris Lloyd said: "We were called at 9.15pm by North Wales Police saying that a party of three, a father, 33-year-old daughter and her boyfriend from Kidderminster were stuck.

"They had wanted to complete the Welsh 3,000ft peaks and had walked from the Ogwen Valley and Pen yr Oleu Wen over the Carneddau to Abergwyngregyn. They had set off at 8.30am and encountered all kinds of weather.

"They were well-equipped but when they descended on to the Aber falls , the footpath had been washed away.

"They were on Llwytmor Fach and called for help.

"They were a little bit tired. We sent one group through the forest and the other to the falls .

"We used ropes to help them get back over the slippery rocks and cascading water to safety then walked them back down to Abergwyngregyn by 1.15am."